Does anyone have an Ameritron 811H? If so could you please tell me
what side (looking from the front) is the cover's ventilation holes.
I took my off without making a note of the position and it fits with to
ventilation holes on either side.
Thanks
73 Urb W1UL (ex W2DEC)
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Were 1964 W9WNV/XU cards acceptable for Cambodian DXCC credit?
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Has anyone received a QSL from VU7M? If so did you send it via the
drop in MD?
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Has anyone been successful in validating D64K QSOs
on Club Log. I show two QSO but my times do not
validate.
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Does anyone have an email address for Babs DL7AFS?
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GM,
In the late 1960s I was one country off the top of the honor roll,
Heard Island. I lost interest in DX and faded away. One Heard Island
DXpedition came and gone. Then in 1983 VK0CW was activated. I
put up a 20 meter dipole and worked them. I could now say I worked
them all. However,
In the Dayton flea market this year was a chap sell very nice
UV safe plastic ladder line separators. The separation was
about 3 inches.
The individual spacers have the venders website URL. Did
anyone purchase any of these or know the URL of the
company?
Thanks
73 Urb W2DEC
Thanks to all who supplied information. I'm follow several leads and I'll
let you know how I make out.
Thanks again
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Does anyone know who might be able to help with a QSL from a 1983
QSO with VK0CW on Heard Island?
Thanks a million
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Does anyone know the approximate number of hams in the US in 1936
or a source for that info?
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Last warning.
Ayone posting anything to this reflector that is not
DX related will be permanently bared from posting to the
list.
Take your political comments to a list designed for
that purpose.
No one, I repeat, no can open the door for non-dx
postings.
Urb
I'm doing so research on WAS and could use copies of articles
from 1936 QSTs.
The January 1936 issue of QST - page 33 - has the announcement of
WAS. The April 1936 has the list of 95 amateurs who were Charter
Members on page 69.
I would be most grateful if anyone could copy these two pages for
Dayton Hamvention 2010..
One room still vacant under the No.Jersey DX Assn. Room allotment at
Crowne-Plaza Hotel in Downtown Dayton...
Inclusive dates Thurs.13May thru Sun.16May.
Room is Single King Suite ..#1227 on 12th floor. Guest can extend
beyond three day minimum if desired..
arrive
Does anyone have a reasonably current email or smail mail
address for KC6JC Father Joseph Cavanagh?
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Does anyone have a DXCC countries list from 1967 that they could
copy and send to me?
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Here is the full story.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/10/21/11157/?nc=1
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Does anyone have a Kenwood TR-7400A or a manual for same?
If so please contact me off list.
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BTW: its NOT KJ4KFF as I read somewhere , the KJ4KFF is Barbara V Tenn.
Yes it is. The three people who were electrocuted were
visiting a relative on
Alaska Ave. It is not the people who were electrocuted who were hams, it's the
person they were visiting. KJ4KFF lives on Alaska
The call W4BPD is available. Gus, W4BPD, was one of the great all
time DXpeditioners
and DX operators. It would be a great call for a DX club.
If you need help on trading in your club call to acquire W4BPD drop
me a line. It's a very
simple process. A club can also have 2 calls.
Urb, W2DEC
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the list contact me directly.
Urb
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Your progress is determined by how much time you're willing to waste
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I certainly would call the pursuit a waste of time. Any
positive thing you do contribute
to your self esteem. The more difficult the task the greater the self
esteem. I'm run many
marathons and I'll
Amen Dan!!! Nobody cares except the guys who achieved HR and 5BDXCC.
Making the honor roll is like building a 3 BR Ranch House:
given enough time and the proper
tools, virtually anyone could do it. Upon completion, only family
members will notice. However, make
the honor roll with
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions.
Most of all thanks to Bill Moore, NC1L, who replied directly. Here is his
answer.
The DXCC records were computerized in the the early 1990's, if your
last submission was before then - which mine were - your records
are still on paper.
For a
I'm returning to active DXing and a couple of decades of inactivity.
What is the
procedure for getting my official DXCC listings (Mixed and Phone) from where
I left off?
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OK, I think old age is catching up with me. Can anybody tell me the
URL I should use to change my subscribed e-mail address?
Just look at the bottom of any messages sent out to DX-News or DX-Chat
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John: Pse think prior to writing. 73,
Charlie, you better think as well. You've been warned previously.
Your next post to this list that is not directly related to DXing will be
your last. Take your non-dx opinions elsewhere.
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THIS UNRECTIFIED CRIMINAL ESCAPED FROM A WESTERN PRIMARY CELL WHERE
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Thanks to all who offered information and background on Aden VS9
and 70. I do have one more questions.
Has anyone has received DXCC credit for a VS9A Aden QSL with
the QSO date after November 30, 1967?
Thanks
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The following is posted at the request of CQ magazine editor Rich
Moseson, W2VU, who apologizes for its length:
We are currently working with author Ed Richmond, W4YO, on an article
about the stories behind various deleted DXCC entities (some of you
may have noted that Ed has done several of
I have Jan 1942 reprint because ARRL sent it to me when I renewed ;-)
Unfortunately no dxcc listings in that issue. There is a comple
listing in the December 1940 issues. A, W2GT a NJDXA charter Member,
was #1 with 152 countries. This was really impressive in the days before
At 01:55 AM 9/29/2007, you wrote:
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When did the term DX come into being?. And, When did the ARRL begin the
DXCC? I don't know why, but I always thought the DXCC was a post
war awards
program. Also, on what date was amateur radio reinstated?
Some history
When did the term DX come into being?.
In the 200 meters and down days, DX was simply distance. The term
DX came into being in the early days and to the best of my knowledge no
one really knows the genesis.
The same thing is true of the phrase ham radio.
Urb, W2DEC
Does anyone have access to December 1941 or January 1942 QST?
I'm looking for some information on DXCC Honor Roll.
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If you want something kept confidential you should say so.
Not so.
In the United States courts have rules that a communications from one
individual to another is protected under US and International copyright law
because it is legally a publication of one's intellectual
When I took my first exam in NYC (1948) there was no novice exam.
Thirteen words or bust. I was 16 at the time. I was almost ready to
take the exam when I was 13 but I discovered girls in a big way during
the summer and ham radio went on the back burner for almost three
years. High schoolers with
Yahoo does indeed filter both outgoing and incoming messages with
Yahoo addresses, but very often overdoes it and blocks legitimate
email. There is no such thing as an effective spamblocker at the ISP
or mail server level, so such blockers capture some, but pass other
messages. It's not a
This is a request, not news.
Does anyone know of a source, preferably computer readable that gives
UTC offset from local time for DXCC countries or something close?
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We have been here before but I'll repeat for the sake of any
newcomers. I received 13 AOL abuse complaints today. Every
message from DX-CHAT was flagged by an AOL subscriber. I
simply cannot not allow this to happen. I run a commercial
business this irresponsible actions for a DX-CHAT
Why am I not
correct? The manufacturers donated(or loaned if you prefer) tens of
thousands of dollars worth of equipment. In return the equipment
manufacturers can rightfully expect credit and the maximum exposure of
their products.
Mal,
What makes
you the arbiter of what other people should be
re Logs closing Could some DX club or individual take on old
logs as a cenral clearing house?
Nice service, eh?
Please be a little more specific on what you want done.
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I just received 16 notifications of messages from DX being
reported as SPAM to AOL. This must stop immediately. If you
don't want to be on the list please unsubscribe.
If I receive one more of these notification all AOL subscribers
will be removed.
This is serious to me.
Isn't it amazing that people actually worked DX, and sometimes made the
honor roll after years of hard work, before computers, clusters, and spots?
Did I miss something (I am getting old) where it was decreed that working
DX should be easy, lack of skill not withstanding?
There is a fundamental
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Teo
In the course of things, I spoke with his son daughter about assisting
them in inventorying ultimately disposing of the radio portion of the
estate, when the time is right. The question came up, though, as
to what to
do with Ben's logs and QSL cards?
Old DX cards may indeed
Does anyone have email addresses for Hamvention committee chairs?
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Rag,
Youre an
old DX buddy but your anti-Americanism has gone over the top.
After 11 september
2001 it has been a major inconvenience
to travel to and within USA.
Isn't that
a shame the you Europeans are inconvienced because we choose not
be the target of another act of war.
Perhaps when
Hi Folks.
I help fuel this issue but let's take it off the list. I think we all
made our points of view. Let's get back to DX.
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bill W8OCT with camera, in hand
was a regular at Dayton. Does anyone have any information on when he
became a SK?
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Urb and Steve. If a problem comes up (the AOL situation comes to mind),
an immediate and direct solution is at hand.
I wish :-) There is immediate discussion but solutions (as in this
case are
elusive)
Great quote today in TFTD (Thought for the day) list.
Solutions are
GM all,
Several people have suggested a web-based alternative to the
current dx-news and dx-chat reflectors. The idea is certainly worth
some serious though and discussion.
Blogs are much in the news lately. A blog is a web page where
a person posts their musings and other people
One thing to take into consideration while thinking about an
alternative to the current reflectors.
I think it highly likely that the spam reporting was intentional
and malicious. If the person(s) responsible find an alterative method
to continue the assault, the only alternative
Hi Red,
I haven't read all the comments and responses, so maybe my comments are off
base. My assumption is that some of the email you sent to aol addresses was
sent back as unacceptable because being banned by aol.
Worse, the messages were sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because
someone
My apologies for this message, but we have a small problem here.
With all due respect to Steve, this is not a small problem.
On further investigation, it appears that at least one of the AOL /
NETSCAPE users of this email server -- that is, the host of DX NEWS,
DX CHAT and many other
I realize that most of the information on the internet is not
copyrighted, and therefore basically a free for all, but this
is an unethical practice in the unwritten code of DX'ing.
Not true, everything is copyright. You do not have to say
something is copyright, just the fact that it was
If anyone receives a message something like the following:
I'm protecting myself from receiving junk mail.
Just this once, click the link below so I can receive your emails. You
won't have to do this again.
http://spamarrest.com/a?48214807:38012http://spamarrest.com/a?48214807:nnn
As a conservative Republican I managed to under estimate the amount
of coax and control cable needed. Oh well!
If you were a liberal Democrat you would have had someone else
pay for it. :-)
BTW, I didn't think there were any conservative Republicans, other
than in nursing homes
At 10:24 PM 7/13/03 -0400, you wrote:
Anybody know a web site that I can the exact Lat.
and Long. for my QTH ??
http://zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm
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I totally accept the fact that I'm an old fart and that the condition
colors (and reduces) my thinking process. Having said that I fail to
understand some of the thinking express during the recent new country/
Mt. Athos threads.
There is a danger in any discussion that the
Do IRCs have a time expiration?
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